State v. Tong
Annotate this CaseAppellant Deng Kon Tong was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of Iowa Code 724.26. The court of appeals affirmed. Appellant appealed, claiming the district court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the charge because he had not been convicted of any felony at the time he allegedly possessed the firearm. Although Tong had pled guilty to a felony earlier the same year he was convicted in the instant case, he received a deferred judgment and a term of probation that had not been revoked. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the wording of section 724.26 indicated that the legislature intended the term "convicted of a felony," as used in that statute, to include a deferred judgment where Appellant had not successfully completed the term of his probation.
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